12 h. ago 'Tron: Ares' tops box office but falls short of expectations with $33.5 million debut

"Tron: Ares" has powered up the box office grid, taking the top spot this weekend

Economics

4 d. ago Tron: Ares branded ‘a new low for Disney’ in scathing reviews after 15

Disney's new science-fiction blockbuster has been branded one of the worst films of the year in scathing reviews

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5 d. ago Tron: Ares review – The worst film of the year and a new low for Disney

The music’s great, but this Jared Leto vehicle is otherwise an ethically dubious, horribly written nadir in franchise slop

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5 d. ago Tron: Ares review – even Gillian Anderson can’t slap this mind

Pointless threequel delivers a leaden cameo from a white-robed Jeff Bridges and an irritating turn from Jared Leto as a hipster-haired humanoid The matrix of pointlessness is reloaded in this mind-bendingly dull sci-fi, more a screensaver than an actual film. It’s a threequel to the original movie Tron from 1982, a film that was mould-breaking and boldly pioneering for its day in a way that eludes this one and its predecessor Tron Legacy from 2010. Tron: Ares (almost) comes to life just once – when Evan Peters gets a smack in the face from Gillian Anderson playing his mum, in an old-fashioned bit of analogue reality. That’s a bit of firm parenting you might feel like handing out to every producer involved in this film, and it’s sad to see the estimable Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith being made to look so lifeless.The situation now is that an evil AI corporation with the unsubtly gangster-ish name of Dillinger has become a rival to the virtual reality firm Encom, originally set up ...

Science

6 d. ago Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump? | Steven Greenhouse

As a new term begins, the justices have continually failed to provide a check on presidential power – with disastrous consequencesTwo 0f the world’s best-known authoritarian leaders – Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s president – have each had at least 15 years at their country’s helm to pack the courts with loyalists and to pressure and intimidate judges. And no surprise, judges in those countries have repeatedly done what Orbán and Erdoğan want.Donald Trump has not had the opportunity to pack the US supreme court to nearly the same degree. Nor has he, despite his brash, bullying ways, done much to pressure or browbeat the court’s nine justices. Nevertheless, the court’s conservative supermajority has ruled time after time in favor of Trump since he returned to office. The six conservative justices have fallen into line much like Hungary’s and Turkey’s judges, even though the supreme court’s justices have life tenure to insulate them from po...

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7 d. ago Taylor Swift's 'The Official Release Party of a Show Girl' debuts at No. 1 with $33 million

Taylor Swift's new film, “The Official Release Party of a Show Girl,” has topped the weekend box office with $33 million in North America

Economics

7 d. ago The kindness of strangers: my melons went flying and a group of old ladies came to the rescue

White hair, head scarves and one with a walking stick – they looked like they had stepped out of the same babushka dollRead more in the Kindness of strangers seriesOne Saturday morning, I accompanied my mum to the local market to do our weekly fruit and veg shop. Mum was still looking around when I offered to take the shopping back to the car, which was stuffed into a little red trolley. It was like a Mary Poppins bag – quite a small thing, but it was surprising how much you could load it up. Or so we thought.With the trolley heaving under the weight of an already full load of groceries, my mum rested a box of honeydew melons on top. She warned me to be careful getting it back to the car. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago I write bestselling cosy fantasy books — these are the 12 cosy books you need to read

With the days becoming chillier, pumpkin spice everywhere and just a matter of weeks before the clocks fall back, we're officially in cosy season

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1 week ago Gillan Anderson commands attention in a black leather gown as she joins glam co

Gillan Anderson commands attention in a black leather gown as she joins glam co-star Jodie Turner Smith at the Tron: Ares preview night in London  Daily Mail

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1 week ago UK households warned January energy bill drop will be 'short lived' as £100 hike expected in spring

Experts have released their latest forecasts for the next price cap announcement in January

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1 week ago The revolution will be in VistaVision: what are the politics of One Battle After Another?

Paul Thomas Anderson’s thrilling new film has irked some on the right and galvanised others on the left – but its politics are more complicated than they initially seemAbout two dozen movies have topped the box office in 2025, and it’s safe to say that Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is the only one that depicts its protagonists freeing arrested immigrants from detention centers. The movie doesn’t face much competition for the title of most political weekend-topper of the year; superhero pictures such as Captain America: Brave New World perpetually tell the most anodyne stories possible, even when they’re supposedly about Washington-based conspiracies; Sinners conceals some of its bigger ideas within a crime-and-horror vampire story; even Mickey 17, another riskily expensive Warner Bros movie from a beloved auteur with political overtones, has genre-movie trappings. On the other hand, some rightwing pundits suggested in all seriousness that Warner should have delayed...

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2 w. ago Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another tops box office but divides market analysts

The new Paul Thomas Anderson thriller made $22 million in the US on its opening weekend

Events

2 w. ago US military brass brace for firings as Pentagon chief orders top

Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals and admirals to Virginia to meet and receive address on ‘warrior ethos’US military officials are reportedly bracing for possible firings or demotions after the Trump administration’s Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, abruptly summoned hundreds of generals and admirals from around the world to attend a gathering in Virginia in the upcoming days.The event, scheduled for Tuesday at Marine Corps University in Quantico, is expected to feature a short address by Hegseth focused on military standards and the “warrior ethos”, according to the Washington Post. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Is Trump right that Russia’s economy is on the brink of collapse?

While VAT is going up to finance the war and fuel is in short supply, few expect Putin to adjust his war plans Russia’s economy is in deep peril, Donald Trump assured the world this week, in a dramatic change of tune on the war in Ukraine in which the US president claimed Kyiv now had a chance to win back all its territory.The reality, economists say, is more complicated. While Moscow is enduring its toughest period since the chaotic first days of the invasion, few analysts believe its economy is on the brink of a total collapse, and fewer still expect Vladimir Putin to adjust his war plans in the short term. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gordon Ramsay's Bel Air mansion is targeted by pranksters for the second time in five months after hoax 911 caller claimed celebrity chef was high on heroin and on the rampage with a loaded gun

The celebrity chef had previously fallen prey to a swatting scam in April, with LAPD officers responding to erroneous claims that a gunman had opened fire in the grounds of his sprawling Bel Air home.

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3 w. ago BREAKING Man dies after falling from hot air balloon as body found near UK village

A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon, police have said as officers were called to a report of a man having fallen from a hot air balloon at around 9.20am this morning

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3 w. ago Man dies after falling from hot air balloon as body found near UK village

A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon, police have said as officers were called to a report of a man having fallen from a hot air balloon at around 9.20am this morning

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3 w. ago Ayrshire braced for up to 100mm of rain after Met Office issue weather warning

Up to 100mm of rain could fall in Ayrshire over the weekend after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning.

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3 w. ago England's best place to retire has been named and it's in unexpected location

The UK's best place to retire has been named as the tiny town of Glossop, on the edge of the Peak District, with a life expectancy of 85 and a short drive to Manchester

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3 w. ago Man killed by falling tree after Met Office warning over 70mph winds

A man has been killed by a tree branch in Blackpool

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